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NOWATA WRECK

2 people hurt

in 1-car accident

A single-vehicle accident in Nowata County early Thursday morning saw two people, including a 12-year-old boy, taken to a Tulsa hospital in critical condition and a portion of State Highway 169 shut down for several hours.

According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports, the accident occurred around 1:35 a.m. on State Highway 169 northbound about 2/10th of a mile north of County Road 5, which is 1.8 miles south of South Coffeyville in Nowata County.

At that time a 2011 Dodge Charger, driven by 42-year-old Richard Freel of Coffeyville was northbound on 169, and “failed to negotiate a curve and impacted a barrier wall.”

Troopers say that after the intial impact, the vehicle then “continued northbound striking a barrier end.”

Freel was then pinned in the vehicle for one hour, 35 minutes before being freed by Coffeyville and South Coffeyville Fire Departments. He was transported to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa by CRMC EMS where he was admitted in critical condition with head, trunk internal, trunk external and leg injuries.

One passenger in the vehicle, a 12-year-old male, was pinned in the vehicle for about 10 minutes before being freed by an individual with a pry bar. He was also transported to St. Francis in critical condition with head, trunk external and leg injuries.

Troopers listed the condition of driver at the time of the accident as “apparently normal” and the cause of the collision as “speed too fast for conditions.”

The highway was closed for 3 1/2 hours.

— Tim Hudson

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